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Studying Hasidism: Sources, Methods, Perspectives

Marcin Wodziński (Editor), Maya Balakirsky Katz (Contributor), Gadi Sagiv (Contributor)

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Hasidism, a Jewish religious movement that originated in Poland in the eighteenth century, today counts over 700,000 adherents, primarily in the U.S., Israel, and the UK. Popular and scholarly interest in Hasidic Judaism and Hasidic Jews is growing, but there is no textbook dedicated to research methods in the field, nor sources for the history of Hasidism have been properly recognized. Studying Hasidism, edited by Marcin Wodzinski, an internationally recognized historian of Hasidism, aims to remedy this gap. The work’s thirteen chapters each draws upon a set of different sources, many of them previously untapped, including folklore, music, big data, and material culture to demonstrate what is still to be achieved in the study of Hasidism. Ultimately, this textbook presents research methods that can decentralize the role community leaders play in the current literature and reclaim the everyday lives of Hasidic Jews.

GenresJudaism

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 9, 2019

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Marcin Wodziński

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Polski historyk i filolog, specjalizujący się w tematyce żydowskiej.

W 1995 obronił pracę doktorską w Śląskoznawczym Studium Doktoranckim przy Instytucie Historycznym Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. W 2003 habilitował się na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim. Od 2005 kierownik Zakładu Studiów Żydowskich Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. 1 kwietnia 2011 odebrał nominację profesorską z rąk Prezydenta RP Bronisława Komorowskiego. W 2011 otrzymał Nagrodę Jana Karskiego i Poli Nireńskiej.

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